Even though she was sure Chrissy had actually meant to kill her, she also knew that Chrissy was sick and that she, Jane, was at least partially responsible for her condition. Xxnx Jane planned to continue working at the shop until she graduated. No, Peter! There was a basket of laundry waiting to go upstairs so I took a pair of my knee-socks and… She had staggered back into the store on shaky legs, wearing a faraway smile and—as Suzy had pointed out with some curiosity—a fair amount of dust on the back of her dress. I was on a silent retreat in a monastery and wasn’t allowed to receive mail or phone calls. She had maintained enough presence of mind to make her way up to her room without being seen, but had paced and muttered to herself continuously for several hours, sometimes stopping to
